A study says the effects of climate change on the oceans will cost mankind almost US$2 trillion a year by 2100.

A proposed 'planetary boundary' of available biomass should be added to the nine existing environmental tipping points, a conference hears.

Man-made environmental change is rising dangerously, but some social indicators such as population growth are improving, a conference hears.

Researchers are putting together a plan at the Planet Under Pressure meeting to find sustainable solutions to Earth's problems.

The creation of a CDM Hub in Uganda will give companies training and advice in registering and selling carbon credits.

Renewable energies, such as wind and solar, could be cheaper than conventional sources in much of rural Africa, says a report.

National priorities must dictate how poor nations make the transition to green economies, a meeting ahead of Rio+20 conference has heard.

Pakistan's new green energy policy seeks to import technologies, but experts say more money for its own R&D could be a longer-term solution.

No major breakthrough, but only some progress in talks and decisions is expected at Cancun climate summit.

The new body created by the Honduran government will handle international funds to mitigate the impact of climate change in the country

Bolivia’s President, and its ambassador to the U.N., have requested that the agreements reached at the Cochabamba Summit be included in COP16.

Christiana Figueres is the first leader of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to come from a developing country.

Brazil, China, India and South Africa have promised to increase climate science cooperation in the developing world.

Morocco's huge solar-thermal project aims to produce more than a third of the country's energy by 2020.

India has launched an ambitious solar energy mission but if it is to succeed, say experts, it must boost its technological capacity.

Amid the general developing country gloom at the Copenhagen climate conference outcome, there are some reasons for hope, say experts.

Rich and poor nations have teamed up to research how agriculture can meet soaring world food demands without increasing emissions.

Africa should set up 'climate innovation centres' to help it adapt clean energy sources to its varied needs, say energy advisors.

Natural phenomena that have masked global warming will draw to a close by 2010, says the UK's Hadley Centre.

Leading agricultural scientists have called for a two-pronged solution to the food crisis, starting with fast roll-out of existing technologies.